May 9, 2008 3:28
Rapture: The Ride
Bioshock is going to be a movie, apparently. Gore Verbinski (who did The Ring and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is supposed to direct. Roll saving throw vs. Hollywood soullessness. Wonder how casting will play out -- I always thought Atlas sounded like Ewan Macgregor. And I'm looking forward to Keira Knightley saying, "I'm so spliced up! No man is going to want me now..."
May 9, 2008 3:12
The First Seven Minutes of Speed Racer
They're below. In theory anyway. The Yahoomatic streaming looks pretty wonky.
This movie is turning out to be extremely divisive -- I'm seeing pans and raves all over the mediaverse. Personally I loved it and walked out of the screening thinking I'd seen a monster hit. Anybody else seen it?
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